ARK Year 8 French Booklet Autumn 2 In this booklet, there are three units of work. Each unit is split into two lessons. You should complete one lesson per week, either in school or at home. After each unit, there is a quiz which you must complete online. This quiz will test the previous two weeks’ work Week 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait à Paris? Week 2 Lesson 2: Quand as-tu fait ça? Week 3 Unit 2 Lesson 3: C’était comment? Week 4 Lesson 4: Où es-tu allé(e)? Week 5 Unit 3 Lesson 5: Raconte-moi Paris Week 6 Lesson 6: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait pour Noël? 1 | P a g e Remember to protect yourself when accessing online websites. You can get support with: www.wordreference.com (online dictionary) You will have different stages of lessons reviewing vocabulary and practicing this vocabulary. You will be able to practise in various ways: • Practise pronunciation- online https://ttsmp3.com/text-to-speech/French/ (type the word down and click “read”, the computer will read it to you. Can be done from a smart phone. • Learn and test yourself (look-write-check) • Online tasks- only if you have access (via computer or mobile) • Reading tasks (answers will be provided later so that you can check your answers) • Guided writing tasks (answers will not be provided) Guidance: 2 | P a g e 3 | P a g e 4 | P a g e 5 | P a g e UNIT1- Lesson One : Qu’est-ce que tu as fait à Paris? (What did you do in Paris ?) Learning objective: To state what you did in Paris using the perfect tense of regular verbs Do now: Translate into English 1. Une bande dessinée - 2. Je lis un liVre d’épouvante - 3. J’aime lire des romans policiers - 4. Je déteste lire les romans d’amour - Genius task: Translate into French: ‘I like reading mangas.’- …………………………………………………………………………………. Key Grammar / Vocabulary A-Qu’est-ce que tu as fait à Paris? What did you do in Paris? 1 J’ai visité la cathédrale I visited the cathedral 2 j’ai mangé au restaurant I ate in a restaurant Practise saying the 3 j’ai regardé le feu d’artifice I watched the fireworks phrases in French and 4 j’ai acheté I bought English until you can say them without looking. 5 un beau garçon an handsome boy 6 une jolie fille a pretty girl 7 la Tour Eiffel the Eiffel Tower 8 j’ai admiré I admired 9 j’ai envoyé des cartes postales I sent postcards 10 Notre Dame Notre Dame 11 la Pyramide du Louvre the Louvre Pyramid 6 | P a g e Extra vocabulary : Reading Comprehension; Read the postcard that Quentin sent to his mum. TIP: Reading a longer text can be daunting. Read the instructions first and the questions to be answered, it will tell you more about the information to identify. 7 | P a g e Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- Read the email above and choose (circle) the correct answer. Use a dictionary/ www.wordreference.com if necessary Key Grammar: read the following explanation and look at the second page of the knowledge organiser for further insight. THE PERFECT TENSE (“LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ”) IS FORMED OF 2 PARTS 8 | P a g e Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- conjugate the verbs in the perfect tense (see model) CACHER (to hide) CHOISIR (to choose) VENDRE (to sell) J’ai caché J’ai ……………………………. J’ai ……………………………. Tu as ………………………………. Tu …… ……………………………. Tu …… ……………………………. Il/elle/on a …………………………….. Il/elle/on …… ……………………….. Il/elle/on …… ……………………….. Nous avons ………………………….. Nous ……….. choisi Nous ……….. ………………………….. Vous avez ………………………….. Vous avez ………………………….. Vous ……….. ………………………….. Ils/elles ont …………………………… Ils/elles ont …………………………… Ils/elles ……… vendu Extended writing task: (25 mins)- Imagine that you visited London last month. Write an email to a friend. (Adapt Chloé’s email- see reading task above for model) 9 | P a g e Your extended writing task: 10 | P a g e UNIT1- Lesson Two : Quand as-tu fait ça? (When did you do this ?) Learning objective: To state what you did in Paris using the perfect tense of irregular verbs Do now: - translate into English/French 1. J’ai pris des photos - 2. On a bu un coca- 3. Je n’ai pas mangé au restaurant - 4. J’ai passé deux semaines à Paris - 5. I visited Paris- Genius task: what are the perfect tense endings for verbs in -ER, -IR and -RE? -ER: remove ER and add …… -IR: remove IR and add …… -RE: remove RE and add …… 11 | P a g e Key Grammar / Vocabulary Practise saying the phrases in French and English until you can say them without looking. B- Quand as-tu fait ça? When have you done that? 1 j’ai bu I drank 2 on a bu one/we drank 3 j’ai fait I did 4 on a fait one/we did 5 j’ai pris I took 6 on a pris one/we took 7 j’ai vu I saw 8 on a vu one/we saw 9 hier yesterday 10 aujourd’hui today 11 lundi dernier last Monday 12 avant-hier the day before yesterday 13 la Joconde the Joconde 14 le Forum des Halles Halles Forum 15 la Seine the River Seine 12 | P a g e Reading Comprehension; Read the postcard that Quentin sent to his mum. Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- Complete the table Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- with the help of the postcard, put the images in the correct order 13 | P a g e Key Grammar: Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks 14 | P a g e 1-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Extended writing task: (25 mins) Look at the following list of events and write down your blog according to it. Le lundi, j’ai fait un tour de Segway. Le mardi, j’ai…. Your extended writing task: Le lundi, j’ai fait un tour de Segway. Le mardi, j’ai…. 15 | P a g e End of Unit 1 Quiz 1. How many parts is the perfect tense composed of: 1. 4 2. 3 3. 2 4. What is the perfect tense ending for -RE verbs? 1. -é 2. -u 3. -i 4. The first part of the perfect tense is the auxiliary verb …. 1. avoir 2. être 3. au revoir 4. Translate: ‘j’ai mangé’ 1. I eat 2. I did not eat 3. I ate 4. Translate: ‘nous avons bu un coca’ 1. We drank a coke 2. You drank a coke 3. I drank a coke 4. Which of these statements is correct? 1. J’ai vendé 2. Tu as vendi 3. Il a vendu 16 | P a g e 4. “nous avons pris” means ‘we took’ TRUE / FALSE 5. Translate into French: ‘I saw the Eiffel Tower’ 1. J’ai vi la Tour Eiffel 2. J’ai vu la Tour Eiffel 3. J’a vu la Tour Eiffel 4. Translate into English: “J’ai acheté des souvenirs” 1. I bought souvenirs 2. He bought souvenirs 3. I did not buy souvenirs 4. Translate into French: “I met some French people .” 1. J’ai rencontri des français 2. J’ai rencontru des français 3. J’ai rencontre des français 17 | P a g e UNIT2- Lesson Three : C’était comment? Learning objective: To be able to express your past opinion using “c’était” Do now: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets in the perfect tense (for numbers 4 and 5, you must also put the correct form of avoir) Ex: Tu as ……bu…….. un coca (boire) 1. À Paris, j’ai …………………….. l’Arc de Triomphe. (visiter) 2. Au restaurant, on a …………………… une pizza. (choisir) 3. À Paris, nous avons …………………. à l’hôtel. (dormir- to sleep) 4. J’ ……… …………………………… un beau garçon. (rencontrer) 5. On …….. ………………. les magasins (faire) Key Grammar / Vocabulary 12 cher expensive C- C’était comment? How was it? 13 ouvert opened 1 ce n’était pas mal it wasn’t bad 14 fermé closed 2 c’était it was 15 gratuit free 3 bien good 16 les enfants the children 4 génial great 17 j’ai trouvé ça I found that 5 cool cool 18 horaires d’ouverture opening times 6 marrant funny 19 effrayant frightening 7 intéressant interesting 20 fabuleux fabulous 8 ennuyeux boring 21 effrayant frightening/scary 9 horrible horrible 22 les jeunes the young people 10 nul rubbish 11 bizarre weird 18 | P a g e Practise saying the phrases in French and English until you can say them without looking. Reading Comprehension- read the following advert for the catacombs Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- The 2 pieces of information not given in the advert are: 1-………………………………………………… 2-……………………………………………….. Extension task- find the equivalent in the text for the following: 1-open from Tuesday to Sunday- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2-from 10am to 5pm- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3-closed on Mondays-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19 | P a g e 4-full price: eight euros- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5-free for children up to 13 years old- ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………. 6-guided tours- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Key grammar You can use c’était or j’ai trouvé ça + an adjective to give your opinion about something in the past. Ex: Hier, j’ai visité la tour Eiffel. C’était fabuleux./ J’ai trouvé ça fabuleux (Yesterday, I visited the Eiffel tower. It was fabulous./I found it fabulous.) With a negative, c’était works like this: Ce n’était pas cher. (It wasn’t expensive). Key activities/ comprehension questions/ tasks- translate into French Ex: It was open- C’était ouvert 1.